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For more than 30 years David Brooker Fine Art has been buying and selling 17th through contemporary oils , watercolors, Sculpture and works of art. Since 1999 we have been exhibiting at some of the most important Antique shows in both America and the UK, such as Palm Beach , Nantucket, Newport, Washington DC, Olympia London, BADA London and the Battersea Decorative fair , London. We source our inventory from collections across the world using the 30+ years of knowledge, and only offer the finest examples of an artists work. With the assurance of our long standing rep...Read More

David Brooker Fine Art

Established in 19831stDibs seller since 2016

Featured Pieces

19th century English Cottage landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
F. Walters (British, 19th Century) Cottage Landscape with Figures and Pond Oil on canvas, signed lower left English School, circa 1880 Presented in an ornate 19th-century carved and gilded frame This serene and expansive rural landscape by 19th-century British artist F. Walters captures the gentle charm of the English country...
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1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English 19th century English Farm with shire Clydesdale horses in a landscape
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English School Farmyard Scene with Horses and Goat Oil on panel, unsigned The Circle of John Frederick Herring Sr. Circa 1880 Presented in a later gilt and painted frame This finely rendered 19th-century English farmyard scene captures the quiet dignity of rural life, with a group of three horses—white, chestnut, and black—gathered beneath a tree in the warm light of late afternoon. A small goat stands to one side near a rustic stable, adding a note of charming domesticity to the composition. The surrounding landscape, with its distant hills and careful play of shadow and cloud, speaks to the artist’s sensitivity to atmosphere and detail. Though unsigned, the painting is executed in a manner closely aligned with the work of John Frederick Herring Senior, one of Britain’s most celebrated animal painters of the Victorian era. The careful modelling of the horses, their distinctive postures and anatomy, and the tranquil farm setting are all hallmarks of Herring’s influence. Painted in oils on a wooden panel, the surface retains a fine, even gloss and a warm palette typical of the period. The composition is both balanced and lyrical: the interplay of form and gesture among the animals invites the viewer into a moment of repose between work and activity, emblematic of Victorian ideals of harmony between man, beast, and the land. A delightful example of 19th-century English rural painting...
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1880s Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
By William Henry Williamson
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Henry Williamson (British, fl. mid to late 19th Century) Fishing Boats off the English Coast Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1870–80 Presented in a period gilt frame ...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century Portrait of a Bulldog Mum with puppies in a barn interior playing
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Edwin Loder (British, fl. mid–late 19th Century) Mother Dog and Puppies in a Stable Interior Oil on canvas, unsigned English School, circa 1880 Presented in a period-st...
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1880s Victorian Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century English still life of fruit on a mossy bank landscape
By Vincent Clare
Located in Woodbury, CT
Vincent Clare (British, 1855–1930) Still Life of Fruit on a Mossy Bank Oil on canvas, signed lower right Circa 1870 Presented in a richly carved and gilded 19th-century style frame ...
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1850s Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century English landscape with Horse Racing, Possibly the Epsom Derby
By Samuel Henry Alken
Located in Woodbury, CT
Samuel Henry Alken (1810–1894) Horse Racing Scene, Possibly the Epsom Derby Oil on board, unsigned Attributed, English school circa 1840 Presented in a later gilt frame with beaded inner edge This dynamic mid-19th century racing scene, attributed to Samuel Henry Alken—also known as Henry Alken Junior—captures the high-stakes moment just before the thundering release of horses and riders at the starting line. A tightly packed field of brightly jacketed jockeys leans forward with urgent anticipation, the taut muscles of their mounts echoing the gathering tension. In the foreground, a race marshal gestures dramatically to signal the start, his stance underscoring the energy about to be unleashed. Though unsigned, the work bears the unmistakable hallmarks of Samuel Henry Alken’s hand: vigorous composition, attention to equine form, and a sharp eye for the choreography of sport. The figures are finely modelled, the palette lively but grounded, and the setting—with its wooded backdrop, animated crowd, and distant grandstands—suggests a major 19th-century race meeting, possibly the Epsom Derby, a subject Alken is known to have returned to in several formats. The composition’s panoramic sweep and low horizon lend a cinematic quality, while the density of detail—each silken cap and coat, each bridle and plume—evokes the pageantry and social theatre of Britain’s sporting calendar at the height of its Regency and early Victorian splendour. A rare and spirited scene from the golden age of English sporting painting...
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1840s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Impressionist still life Interior, Blanket, Nuts, Ceramics, bookcase, mushrooms
By George Weissbort
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Weissbort (British, 1928–2013) Still Life of an Interior with Trunk and Drapery Oil on board, signed lower left Circa 1970 Presented in the original English oak frame This ri...
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1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

19th century English landscape with man and dogs out shooting birds
By Samuel Raven
Located in Woodbury, CT
Samuel Raven (British, 19th Century) Setters Flushing Game in an Upland Landscape Oil on panel, circa 1830 Presented in a deeply moulded and carved giltwood frame of the period This...
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1830s Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th century English landscape with two setters flushing birds during a shoot
By Samuel Raven
Located in Woodbury, CT
Samuel Raven (British, 19th Century) Setters Flushing Game in an Upland Landscape Oil on panel, circa 1830 Presented in a deeply moulded and carved giltwood frame of the period This...
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1830s Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th century British Sheep and Cows in Landscape of Upper Airedale, Yorkshire UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
J. Charnock “Upper Airedale, Yorkshire” Oil on board, signed lower right English, circa 1890 Presented in a richly carved and gilded period frame This idyllic pastoral scene by the ...
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1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th century English River landscape with Church at Sunset, Stratford Upon Avon
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Edward Jamieson (British, 1890–1930s) View of an English River Landscape at Sunset Oil on canvas, signed lower right Presented in an ornate antique gilt frame, circa 1890 Th...
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1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century Ship portrait of the
Located in Woodbury, CT
The former Curator of Oil Paintings at the National Maritime Museum, E H H Archibald, says of Joseph Heard in his Dictionary of Sea Painters in Europe and America that "…with Samuel Walters he must stand as the top-ranking Liverpool ship portraitist of the 19th century." He would have known the artist's work well as the National Maritime Museum has eleven paintings by Heard in its collection. Joseph Heard was born on 7th March 1799 in Egremont near Whitehaven in Cumberland. His father, also Joseph, was a saddler and it is believed that the aspirant painter received some artistic training from John Clementson who was a local portrait painter. Joseph had a brother Isaac who painted portraits. It is possible that Joseph came across the work of H Collins...
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1840s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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